Business English Vocabulary

It's becoming more and more common for students to learn Business English to improve their career opportunities both at home and abroad in English speaking countries.

A 2012 survey of non-native English speakers found that although 92% recognised that English communication was important for success in their work, only 7% felt they had the necessary English level they need.

If you really want to learn more, we have a long term Business English course that will help you reach your goals available in our schools.

Here we continue on from yesterday's Business English lesson theme. Let’s see how familiar you are with these words. Can you choose the correct definition of each one?

These words are taken from different areas of business including sales, marketing, finance and more.

• 1 - Risk (noun):
  
  A business trip.
  The amount of workers at a company.
  Profits.
  Possibility of loss/injury.
  
  
• 2 - Deal (noun):
  
  A room where meetings are held.
  Closed letter or box.
  A business presentation.
  A business transaction
  
  
• 3 - Inflation (noun):
  
  Rate at which prices increase.
  Stay the same and not grow or develop.
  Move from one country to another.
  A time when there is not much business activity.
  
  
• 4 - Promote (verb):
  
  Discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement.
  Try to increase sales of a product by publicity/advertising.
  Commercials that appear on TV/radio/magazines.
  Average number of copies of newspapers/magazines sold over a period of time.
  
  
• 5 - Debit (noun):
  
  A piece of paper that proves that money/goods were paid for.
  An amount of money that is given back to you.
  An amount taken from a bank account.
  Unable to continue in business because you cannot pay your debts.
  
  
• 6 - R & D Department (noun):
  
  Department responsible for deliveries and transport.
  Department responsible for research and development of new products.
  Department responsible for training and hiring.
  Department responsible for marketing and advertising.
  
  
• 7 - Terms (noun):
  
  Disagreement
  Start again.
  Companies.
  Conditions.
  
  
• 8 - Employee (noun):
  
  A person who just lost his job.
  A person looking for a job.
  Person employed.
  Boss.
  
  
• 9 - Merchandise (noun):
  
  Things bought and sold.
  Things that were stolen from a shop.
  Free gifts given to customers.
  Dates when deliveries are made.
  
  
• 10 - Sue (verb):
  
  To start legal action against someone in a law court.
  To not work on special days of the year.
  To request for funds for a department.
  To decrease the production of something.
  
  
• 11 - Launch (verb):
  
  To transfer to another location.
  To increase your salary.
  To discuss business while eating.
  To publicly introduce a new product.
  
  
• 12 - Minutes (noun):
  
  A written record of everything said at a meeting.
  Network that connects a company with its suppliers and distributors.
  Certificate issued by companies and governments to their lenders.
  A defect/fault in a computer program.
  
  
• 13 - Invest (Verb):
  
  To investigate the accounts of company.
  To put money for profit into business.
  To start a company.
  To arrange to continue an official agreement.
  
  
• 14 - Handout (noun):
  
  Applause/Clapping.
  Buying from a charity organisation.
  A report report/sample given to people at a presentation.
  The age when people retire because they are too old to work.
  
  
• 15 - Close (Verb):
  
  To make an illegal copy of a product.
  To misunderstand something.
  To be unhappy with a product.
  To finalise a deal/sale.